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Characterisation of cellular lightweight concrete and timber stope supports
By P. N. Erasmus, M. Heyns, M. J. Pretorius
The characteristic of stope supports plays a vital role in the design of the supports. This paper deals with the characterisation of both cellular lightweight concrete and timber supports since both
Jan 1, 2003
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Navigating Above-The-Ground Risk In The Platinum Sector
By A. Lane
The socio economic risks of mining in South Africa have been emerging for some time now, and have been brought into sharp relief by recent events in the platinum sector. The slow pace of social uplift
Jan 1, 2012
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Checking precision and accuracy of an automatic ore sampler
Most processing plants use automatic samplers to extract ore aliquots along a producing shift. These aliquots are combined into a sample normally sent to lab analysis. The sampler used in the extracti
Jan 1, 2003
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A review of information on the influence of plan curvature on rock slope stability and its effect on the volume of wedge failures
By R. Armstrong
The stability of rock slopes is significantly influenced by their curvature in plan view. The importance of this in open pit mining is indicated by the fact that, in a deep pit, steepening of the slop
Jan 1, 2003
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Sulphur From Smelter Gases And Sulphate-Rich Effluents
By Jannie Maree, Dieks Theron, Ryneth Nengovhela, Patrick Hlabela
In extracting base metals from ore bodies, sulphide as well as oxide, the main environmental concern is sulphur, whether in the form of sulphurous gases or sulphate in liquid form. Generally sulphur
Jan 1, 2005
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Special General Meeting
A Special General Meeting of the Institute was held in Kelvin House, Johannesburg on Wednesday, 29th September, 1971. The President, Prof. D. D. Howat opened the meeting at 9.55 a.m. The Preside
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Recent Developments In Flotation Reagents To Improve Base Metal Recovery
By S Sondashi, F. J. Chidley, W. A. Grobler
Some of the challenges facing the flotation of base metal sulphides are the opening of new and varying ore bodies as well as maintaining essential skills in plants. Flotation reagent research focuses
Jan 1, 2005
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Involvement leadership is fundamental to sustainable success of any behaviour-based safety initiative
By P. Schutte
It is evident from most admired companies, globally, that they drive key priorities such as teamwork, customer focus, fair treatment of employees, initiative and innovation into their organisations.
Jan 1, 2003
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Comparison of the Efficiency of Plaster Stemming and Drill Cuttings Stemming by Numerical Simulation
By H. Cevizci
"Numerical simulation of the plaster stemming method (PSM) was performed and compared with the conventional drill cuttings stemming method (DCSM). Many earlier in situ tests have proved that PSM can u
May 1, 2019
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Electronic Delay Detonators ? A Unique Solution To Pertinent Mining Problems
By Raphael Banda
1 Initiating Systems ? a definition An initiation system is a combination of explosive devices and component accessories specifically designed to convey a signal and initiate an explosive charge
Jan 1, 2005
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Spotlight On Chemistry In The Utilization Of The Resources Of Southern Africa
By R. E. Robinson
I shall present a concept for the development of the resources of this country and its neighbours that repre¬sents a fantastic challenge to our scientists and entre¬preneurs. This concept offers prosp
Jan 1, 1980
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Navigation and positioning technology in underground coal mines and tunnels: A review
By Q. Liu, S. Liu, Y. Cui
To reduce the frequency of mining incidents and improve safety and production efficiency, it is important to develop technology for the autonomous positioning and navigation of mining equipment, witho
Jun 1, 2021
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Risk-based slope design: Insights from the Thabazimbi failure
By T. Dlokweni, M. Bester, C. Koegelenberg, I. Basson
Certain degrees of safety, economic, and financial risk are implicit in any mining operation. At Thabazimbi Mine, slope stability was one of the major sources of risk, largely due to data uncertaintie
Sep 1, 2025
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Worker inclusion in equipment development processes in the modernizing minerals sector in South Africa
By S. Schutte, J. Pelders
Worker participation in equipment development can result in improved user acceptance and product quality. This paper focuses on worker engagement in equipment development processes in the South Africa
Feb 2, 2021
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Studies of load transfer mechanism for rock-socketed pile
By P. He
Abstract This paper introduces tested results of rock-socketed pile in Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing. From a force- transfer model, a distribution of axial force for pile-body and inlaid resistance for
Jan 1, 2003
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The Prieska experience: Flotation developments in copper-zinc separation (32d079cb-5827-4a06-957c-029014016ec6)
By B. R. Broekman, D. W. Penman
Discussion by P.J Lloydt Broekman and Penman describe (J.S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metal., vol. 91, Aug. 1991, p. 261) the addition of sodium cyanide and zinc sulphate to the flotation feed at Prieska. They
Jan 1, 1991
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Letseng Mine No. 2 Plant Project -A Process Engineering And Design Review
Bateman Engineering managed the establishment of a second diamond treatment plant at the Letseng Mine in the Mokhotlong District of northern Lesotho, about 100 km from the town of Buthe Buthe. Letseng
Jan 1, 2010
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Proceedings of the November, 1968, General Meeting
The November General Meeting of the Branch was held at the S1. Helena Club on Friday, 15th November, 1968. Mr. J. G. Kirchner (Chairman of the O.F.S. Branch) was in the chair. There were also pr
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Uranium Removal from Cobalt Process Liquor
By N. C. J. Dempers, J. A. L. Parker, R. A. Wildenboer
More than half of global cobalt reserves are located in the Southern African Copperbelt, stretching over the northern tip of Zambia and southern area of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In these area
Jan 1, 2023
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The 'Doorstopper' and Triaxial Rock Stress Measuring Instruments Developed by the C.S.I.R.
By E. R. Leeman
INTRODUCTION The first references in the literature to the so-called C.S.I.R. 'doorstopper' strain cell were made in 1964 1,2,3,4. These were the climax of nearly two years of experimental